How El Niño can be California’s drought buster Golden State needs 150% of average rain and snowpack to beat droughtIf weather patterns hold true, California may soon get some relief from El Niño, a weather phenomenon that typically brings with it lots of rain. Still, unless this El Niño turns out to be a blockbuster, there is no guarantee that California will get enough precipitation to quench its thirst.

World faces 40% water shortfall in 15 years: U.N. Current ratesof fresh water usage called ‘unsustainable’The world is going to be a lot more thirsty in 15 years if steps aren’t taken to cut back on fresh water use, according to a recent United Nations report.

Coffee soars 58% in 2014; oil, Russia left behind Some of year’s best and worst performing investments Coffee futures are taking a hit but are still up nearly 58% so far in 2014 to be among the top performing investments of the year, while it’s probably no surprise oil and Russian stocks lag the pack.

Capitalists are destroying capitalism along with the planet Are Big Oil, right wingers and science deniers on a suicide mission? Paul Farrell cites author Naomi Klein on climate change: “The really inconvenient truth is that it’s not about carbon — it’s about capitalism.”

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